Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
agriotypus
alloplasty
alloplasty
noun
(surgery) The grafting of an alloplast
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
amphistyly
amyloplast
amyloplast
noun
(biology) A specialized leucoplast responsible for the storage of amylopectin through the polymerization of glucose.
anaptychus
anaptychus
noun
(paleontology) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, such as the ammonites.
anastrophy
anisotropy
anisotropy
noun
The degree to which this property is exhibited.
The property of being directionally dependent.
antiphysic
antitypous
antitypous
adj
(obsolete) resistant to blows; hard
antroscopy
antroscopy
noun
An antroscopic examination
apocalypst
apophysate
apophysate
adj
(anatomy) Possessing an apophysis
appositely
appositely
adv
In an apposite manner.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
aristotype
aristotype
noun
(historical) A print made by such a process.
(historical) A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
asphyctous
asphyxiant
asphyxiant
adj
That can cause asphyxiation
noun
Any substance that can cause asphyxia
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
aspiratory
aspiratory
adj
pertaining to aspiration
astroscopy
astroscopy
noun
(obsolete) observation of the stars
asymptotes
asymptotes
noun
plural of asymptote
asymptotic
asymptotic
adj
(mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity.
(mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity.
asyntrophy
autoplasty
autoplasty
noun
(medicine, surgery, dated) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds. In present-day contexts likelier to be called autotransplantation or autografting.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
baptistery
baptistery
noun
Alternative spelling of baptistry.
bathyscape
bathyscape
noun
Alternative form of bathyscaphe
bathyscaph
bathyscaph
noun
Alternative spelling of bathyscaphe
beautyship
calotypist
calotypist
noun
A person who makes calotypes.
captiously
captiously
adv
In a captious manner.
cataphysic
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
cineplasty
cityscapes
cityscapes
noun
plural of cityscape
clypeaster
coreplasty
coroplasty
cyathaspis
cystophora
cystospasm
cystospasm
noun
(pathology) A spasm (sudden contraction) of the bladder
dasypeltis
dasyprocta
depositary
depositary
adj
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
noun
A place where deposits are kept
One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
dermatopsy
desmopathy
desmopathy
noun
disease of the ligaments
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
diastrophy
dipsopathy
dipsopathy
noun
(medicine, archaic) The treatment of disease by abstaining from liquids; a thirst cure.
Alcoholism.
disputably
disputably
adv
In a disputable manner.
duraplasty
duraplasty
noun
(surgery) Plastic surgery to the dura mater.
dysplastic
dysplastic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting dysplasia.
noun
An individual with an unproportionate body shape.
dystrophia
dystrophia
noun
dystrophy
epistolary
epistolary
adj
Carried on by written correspondence.
In the manner of written correspondence.
Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
noun
(Christianity) A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.
eucalyptus
eucalyptus
noun
A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.
Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
genyplasty
genyplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the cheek
gymnoplast
gymnoplast
noun
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
gypsoplast
gypsoplast
noun
A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.
heptastyle
heptastyle
adj
(architecture, of a Classical temple or other structure) having seven columns
hospitably
hospitably
adv
in a hospitable manner
hyalopsite
hypaethros
hyphenates
hyphenates
noun
plural of hyphenate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyphenate
hyponastic
hyponastic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth.
hypoplasty
hypoplasty
noun
Alternative form of hypoplasia
hypostases
hypostases
noun
plural of hypostasis
hypostasis
hypostasis
noun
(genetics) The effect of one gene preventing another from expressing.
(linguistics) A relationship between a name and a known quantity, as a cultural personification (i.e. objectification with personality) of an entity or quality.
(medicine, now historical) A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine.
(philosophy) The underlying reality or substance of something.
(psychology) Referring to the hypostatic model of personality; i.e., asserting that humans present themselves in many different aspects or hypostases, depending on the internal and external realities they relate to, including different approaches to the study of personality.
(theology) The essential person, specifically the single person of Christ (as distinguished from his two ‘natures’, human and divine), or of the three ‘persons’ of the Trinity (sharing a single ‘essence’).
Postmortem lividity; livor mortis; suggillation.
hypostatic
hypostatic
adj
(genetics) Of a gene, affected by hypostasis.
(medicine) Pertaining to hypostasis; depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting.
(theology) Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.
Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.
hypostigma
hypotarsal
hypotarsal
adj
Relating to the hypotarsus.
hypotarsus
hypotarsus
noun
(anatomy) A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.
ideoplasty
interplays
interplays
noun
plural of interplay
isotypical
isotypical
adj
isotypic
kineplasty
laphystius
lithophysa
lymphatism
lymphatism
noun
(medicine, historical) Enlargement or swelling of the lymphatic tissue, associated in the past with sudden death of children but no longer considered to be an authentic ailment.
Bloating, sluggishness.
martyrship
martyrship
noun
martyrdom.
mastopathy
mastopathy
noun
Any disease of the breast
meatoscopy
meatoscopy
noun
The medical inspection of any meatus, especially the urinary meatus or the vesical orifice of a ureter.
meloplasty
meloplasty
noun
(surgery) The operation of restoring a cheek which has been wholly or partially destroyed.
metaphysic
metaphysic
adj
(philosophy, archaic) Metaphysical.
noun
(philosophy, countable) A fundamental principle or key concept.
(philosophy, countable) The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought.
(philosophy, uncountable, archaic) The field of study of metaphysics.
metaphysis
metaphysis
noun
(anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development
change of form; transformation
myeloplast
myopathies
myopathies
noun
plural of myopathy
myoplastic
notaryship
notaryship
noun
The state of being a notary.
orthoplasy
orthoplasy
noun
(historical) A theory of evolution, stating that that individual modifications supplement, protect, or screen organic characters and keep them alive until useful congenital variations arise and survive by natural selection, and that this process, combined in many cases with 'tradition', gives direction to evolution.
osteopathy
osteopathy
noun
(alternative medicine) The branch of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles.
(rare) Any disease of the bones.
osteophyma
pachyotous
pachystima
pachytylus
paederasty
paederasty
noun
Alternative spelling of pederasty
paleostyly
panayiotis
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
pantosophy
pantywaist
pantywaist
adj
(informal, especially of a male person) Weak, timid, effeminate, ineffectual.
noun
(informal, dated) An undergarment composed, in part, of panties attached to a waistband.
(informal, derogatory) An ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a boy or young man; a sissy.
paracystic
parasitary
parasitary
adj
(nonstandard) Parasitic.
parastichy
parastichy
noun
(botany) A secondary spiral of leaves or florets.
partisanry
partisanry
noun
Synonym of partisanship
pastorally
pastorally
adv
In a pastoral manner
In the role of a pastor
pastrycook
pastrycook
noun
A cook who makes desserts and pastries.
patholysis
patulously
patulously
adv
In a patulous manner.
paymasters
paymasters
noun
plural of paymaster
pentastyle
pentastyle
noun
(architecture) A portico with five columns.
peristylar
peristylar
adj
Having the form of a peristyle.
personalty
personalty
noun
(law) Any property that is movable; that is, not real estate.
(law) The property that goes to the executor or administrator of the deceased, as distinguished from the realty, which goes to the heirs.
The state of being a person; personality.
phasotropy
pheasantry
pheasantry
noun
(zoology) A place for keeping and rearing pheasants.
photonasty
photonasty
noun
A nastic response to a change in light levels.
photoplays
photoplays
noun
plural of photoplay
phymatodes
phymatosis
physiatric
physiatric
adj
Relating to physiatry.
physiocrat
physiocrat
noun
(economics, now historical) Any of a group of economists in 18th-century France who believed that the government should not seek to influence the operation of natural economic laws.
physometra
physometra
noun
distension of the uterus due to the presence of gas or air
phytomonas
phytoplasm
piscataway
pistillary
pistillary
adj
Growing on a pistil.
Relating to, or resembling, a pistil.
pityriasic
pityriasis
pityriasis
noun
(pathology) Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales, such as dandruff.
plasmacyte
plasmacyte
noun
(immunology) A plasma cell
plasmocyte
plasmocyte
noun
(immunology) A plasma cell.
plasmotomy
plasmotomy
noun
(biology) A form of asexual reproduction, in protozoa, in which a multinucleate cell divides into similar daughter cells without mitosis.
plasticity
plasticity
noun
(physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)
The quality or state of being plastic.
plastogamy
plastogamy
noun
Synonym of plasmogamy
plastotype
plastotype
noun
(genetics) A plastid genotype.
(taxonomy) A plastic cast of a type specimen.
platybasic
platybasic
adj
Of or pertaining to platybasia
platypuses
platysmata
platysomid
platysomus
playscript
playscript
noun
The script for a theatrical play.
playthings
playthings
noun
plural of plaything
pleasantly
pleasantly
adv
(degree) Lightly
(obsolete) Ludicrously.
In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
pleasantry
pleasantry
noun
(dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.
(sometimes proscribed) A casual, courteous remark.
A playful remark; a jest.
poetastery
poetastery
noun
Inferior poetry.
polyanthus
polyanthus
noun
A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers.
polybasite
polybasite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulfur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.
polycrates
polygamist
polygamist
noun
One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.
polymastia
polymastia
noun
The fact or condition of having more than two mammae or nipples.
polymastic
polymastic
adj
Of, relating to, or having polymastia.
polymastus
polysemant
polysemant
noun
A word or phrase with more than one meaning.
polysomaty
polysomaty
noun
(genetics) The condition of a cell having reduplicated chromatin in its nucleus